Left: Melbourne’s Russell Street in the 1950s. Right: The same location in 2013. Source: Retake Melbourne.

For the past two years, Melbourne, Australia has topped the list of the world’s most livable cities thanks to its eclectic street art, rich culture and roots as the birthplace of Australian film and football. The Kickstarter project Retake Melbourne aims to …

Melbourne has two different sides to itself–one is the urban core that gets recognized as being one of the world’s most livable cities, while the other is a low-scale, urban sprawl that planners and urban designers are still grappling with.